Asus M2NPV-VM User Manual

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NVIDIA

GeForce™ 6150 GPU

and NVIDIA

nForce™ 430 MCP chipsets

The NVIDIA

GeForce™ 6150 graphics processing unit (GPU) Northbridge

supports Microsoft

DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 3.0, dual VGA out (RGB and

DVI-D), NVIDIA

PureVideo Technology with unprecedented integrated

video quality, TV-out, and PCI Express interface.

The NVIDIA

nForce™ 430 media and communications processor (MCP)

Southbridge delivers NVIDIA

Gigabit and NVIDIA

MediaShield storage

management technology allowing easy RAID configuration (RAID 0, RAID 1,
RAID 0+1, RAID 5, and JBOD) for Serial ATA 3Gb/s.

DDR2 memory support

The motherboard supports DDR2 memory which features data transfer
rates of 800MHz/667 MHz/533 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth
requirements of the latest 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet
applications. The dual-channel DDR2 architecture doubles the bandwidth of
your system memory to boost system performance, eliminating
bottlenecks with peak bandwidths of up to 12.8 GB/s. See pages 1-14 to
1-15 for details.

PCI Express™ interface

The motherboard fully supports PCI Express, the latest I/O interconnect
technology that speeds up the PCI bus. PCI Express features point-to-point
serial interconnections between devices and allows higher clockspeeds by
carrying data in packets. This high speed interface is software compatible with
existing PCI specifications. See page 1-19 for details.

AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet Technology

The motherboard supports the AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet Technology, which
monitors system operation and automatically adjusts CPU voltage and
frequency for a cool and quiet operating environment. See page 2-23 for
details.